Assurance service

Attack Simulations

Realistic, scenario-driven simulations that test how your organization detects, responds, escalates, and makes decisions during an attack.

Attack simulations are scenario-driven engagements designed to test the organization itself. They model how a real attack unfolds across systems, teams, and leadership decisions, exposing where assumptions break down and where coordination, authority, or judgment fails under pressure. The objective is not to demonstrate compromise, but to understand whether the organization can recognize, manage, and contain an attack before it becomes a business-level event.

When it’s a fit

  • You want to test organizational readiness, not just technical controls
  • Leadership needs confidence in escalation paths and decision authority
  • Technical testing exists, but outcomes still feel abstract or disconnected
  • You are concerned about response, coordination, or executive visibility
  • You want to validate resilience, not check a testing box

What you get

  • A documented attack narrative showing how a realistic attack progressed, where it was detected, and where it was not
  • A clear view of who saw what, when, and how decisions were made or delayed during the simulation
  • Identified breakdowns in detection, escalation, coordination, or authority, mapped to their business impact
  • A focused set of recommendations prioritized by business-level risk, not control maturity
Discuss scope and scenarios

Most clients come in with a general concern, not a defined scenario. We help translate that uncertainty into a focused and time-bound simulation that tests your organization's actual response under pressure.

We’ll propose an appropriate approach, outline scope options, and provide a pricing range based on realism and organizational depth.

Pricing is project-based and defined by scenario complexity and organizational scope.

What determines the scope of a simulation
  • Scenario focus: the type of real-world attack behavior being simulated, such as business disruption, a targeted threat, or an assumed breach
  • Organizational depth: how far the simulation extends across technical teams, incident leadership, and executive decision-makers
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How this fits into the bigger picture

Attack simulations validate whether Leadership intent and Operational execution hold together when assumptions are stressed by adversarial behavior and time pressure. They expose gaps that remain invisible in isolated testing and translate technical events into organizational and decision risk.

Simulations are often informed by prior technical testing such as Penetration Testing.

Attack simulations do not change outcomes or guarantee results in future incidents, but provide evidence leadership can interpret against risk appetite and tolerance for disruption.

Leadership
Tests decision-making, authority, and escalation under pressure.
Operations
Reveals coordination, detection, and response breakdowns across teams.
Assurance
Provides evidence of organizational resilience through adversarial stress.
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